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Additionally, concave rod curve reduction is a problem in the correction of apical hypokyphosis in posterior spinal fusion surgery in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS). We investigated the contributions of rod rotation (RR) with an outrigger device, followed by differential rod contouring (DRC) with the outrigger attached to the concave rod, designed to prevent concave rod curve-flattening. We analyzed and compared the results of segmental pedicle screw fixation without the outrigger in 41 AIS patients with thoracic curves (Lenke type I, 25; type II, 16) to those corrected using the outrigger in 36 patients (Lenke type I, 24; type II,12). The changes in the Cobb angle, apical kyphosis of five vertebrae, thoracic kyphosis (TK, T4\u201312), correction rate, correction angle of apical vertebral rotation, spinal penetration index (SPi), and rib hump index (RHi) before and after surgery were measured, and the contribution of the outrigger was analyzed. The mean scoliosis correction rates without and with the outrigger were 72.1\u00b0 and 75.6\u00b0, respectively (p = 0.03). Kyphosis of the five apical vertebrae and TK were significantly greater in the surgery with the outrigger (p = 0.002). Significantly greater improvements in SPi and RHi were also noted in the surgery with the outrigger (p &lt; 0.05). The use of concave RR and convex DRC with the outrigger appear to be advantageous for correcting apical hypokyphosis, followed by the subsequent formation of TK. As a result, breathing problems are less likely to occur during daily life because of improvements in SPi and RHi.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jcm12216780","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,10,27]],"date-time":"2023-10-27T11:50:18Z","timestamp":1698407418000},"page":"6780","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Rod Rotation with Outrigger Is Substantial for Correcting Apical Hypokyphosis in Patients with Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: Novel Outrigger Device for Concave Rod Rotation"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"12","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9930-5100","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Shoji","family":"Seki","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toyama, Toyama 930-0194, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0286-4489","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Hiroto","family":"Makino","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toyama, Toyama 930-0194, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9304-3728","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Yasuhito","family":"Yahara","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"WPI-Immunology Frontier Research Center, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Katsuhiko","family":"Kamei","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toyama, Toyama 930-0194, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Hayato","family":"Futakawa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toyama, Toyama 930-0194, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Taketoshi","family":"Yasuda","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toyama, Toyama 930-0194, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Kayo","family":"Suzuki","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toyama, Toyama 930-0194, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5339-4515","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Masato","family":"Nakano","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Takaoka City Hospital, Toyama 933-8550, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yoshiharu","family":"Kawaguchi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toyama, Toyama 930-0194, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,10,26]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"10","DOI":"10.1097\/00003086-198802000-00004","article-title":"New universal instrumentation in spinal surgery","volume":"227","author":"Cotrel","year":"1988","journal-title":"Clin. 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